The Lucknow Sentinel, 1970-04-01, Page 1sz .ato;Mt&a
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"LUCKNOW,, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY. APRILP.1st, 19711
Die$ifl Hi.spital
Nine Days After
—Highway -Accident
-Arlene Culbert , 17 -year-old;
. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.: Harvey'
.Culbert of Dungannon died Mon
da.y in Victoria Hospital, London .
She suffered severe head injuries
.in a highway accident east of
Lucknow, on Saturday, March 21
• and never regained consciousness.,
Arlene is survived by her : ''
parents Mr, and Mrs'. Harvey
' Culbert , Mrs. Culbert being the
former Rebecca Beaton of this
community; two sisters,: Mks. Ken.
neth (Beverley). Ohm of Goderich
and Lynn, at:home, grandmother,
Mrs Annie •Bere. 'of Dungannon;
g andfarther ; lames Beaton of
Lucknow.:
The funeral will•be held on
Thursday, 'April 2nd• at 2 P'1'.: •r
from the' Arthur. Funeral Home in
Auburn. Temporary entombment
will be in Dungannon Mausoleum
with Dungannon Cemetery the
final resting plate. 1 •
VVhitecburch Was
Oasis For Storm'
Weary Travellers
W,HITECHURCH NEWS
On Thursd'ay••evenin.g•from'7
p.m. to 11 o'clock this community
along with others,. experienced
rhe worst blizzard, for many: years.
The snow was damp and driven
. b} high:
per hour ;-pasted'.the snow on the.
:car wind' shield Which could not
be removed by the 'wipers. .•
Hence visibility was nil: Between'
=-- thgh art-a—n-d= f nferfttrrch 8-• --
ears were abandoned:,
MARK 5pth WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
-Easter-Sunday', iarei.,-2 ;-was
a, day when many friends in Luck
now and surrounding'atea. called
to extend best .wishes io Mr.' and
:Mrs. Philip Stewart 'of Lucknow•on
the occasion of their 50th wedding
anniversary .. •. .
• r, and Mrs. Stewart were
mar,ried in Lucknow on March 9th.,
1920. After a year --spent in`Strat-
ford following. their 'marriage they
have resided in-Lucknow for the
past 49 years in the same house. on
Stauffer Street. ; at the northern '
outskirts-ottir
Mrs. 'Stewart is the former Jean
Fisher. ; daughter of 'the late Mr,:
and Mrs. J'arnes Fisher, and was
Those who did manage to get,
through to the village say it took
therrr2;hours•t.o•niake the trip: At
one time there were 35 people
stranded at Mbrrison's,' garage
Chalmers Presbyterian Church
had been heated for 'a meeting;
- and.a few 'who wanted to proceed.
farther' if the storm subsided ,
waited in the church. Tom
__14-orr_isons-„Joh.n .ami-eso-ns ;--Albert
Coulters and Victor Eniersons.all
opened their homes to those ,who
did not wish to travel anymore'
• that night.. ,
born in this community.: "-Philip —
is a native of England and .came
to Canada. 'in 1911.: His brother
,the.late Char.les'Steward had loc.-
ated here about a year before
Philip' arrived. and they -were the
only.two members hof their family nn is
of nine to come to Canada .
Philip,hastwo sisters :living in .
England and the remaining'mem
hers of•the.family .have passed on.
Mrs.„ Stewart has .two sisters,
Mrs. Rod (Kate) Campbell'of `.
Lucknow and Mrs. E.°A.•(Marian)
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AP-RIL 2 -1 -ST
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P ETRIE NAME. AS.' POSTMASTER
SINCE. INCEPTION IN. 1929
Port Albert post office will 'of-
ficially close this month, Word
has been received that April 21st
will be the last business day at the
post office located. in Petrie's:
store at The Port.
The closing of Port Alber:t•isin.
line with post office department
policy of closing out most of the
smaller offices' across Canada.
Many hay.e•already.been-closed
in. this :area
About 70 people were,serviced
through the post office.at Port
-Albert-a,t-th-is- time of .yea-r-wrr
the .numbers growing in the -sum
mer months when cottagers were
at the, la ke .
Elwin Petrie 'is' the postmaster
at Port Albert , .a position,' which
years
his
n postmaster
was
11y
f th
prior
changed
of ye
14
' rria
their
with e
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he officiallytook. over about
1 1/2 ye ago shortly after the
death of father Roy Petrie who
had bee since the
office established ;in Septem-
ber Of 19p9.
• Actua, 'Elwin had: been in
charge o e post office for; sotiie
time but the official'title
only cha d within the past:
couple ars.
Aboutpeople are now` 'receiv-'
ing their it at the post .office
nd-rhe - 11ibe---swirch ed -to God
Ut!eianiage in
`T :urs ay:Fire---
A' flash fire'late Thursday after
noon did minor damage to the
building of Symes Brothers on'Will-
oughby Street just east 'hof Macy
1d4_C:ara-ge. "
Bill Symes was startinga gas• q
motor which in turn starts a dieser
engine on one of their ;loaders:
Apparently•. some gas dripped on •
the generator and :caused an explo
sion which ignited "some straw in,
the 'upper, portion of the building. •~
Reynolds •of Toronto, also a;
brother Bob Fisher of•Lucknow.
Two brothers, Harold who died
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receive mail on R. 1 Port'
Albert this route .bcoming
part of Goderich:.
parttnent.. It produced a lot`.of
smoke but only a few '• rafters
suffered fire 'damage
• The ,contracting .firm, use'the
building for.their :machinery and
fools.
•
Br�aksAnkIe.:-
OnSki.Hi!I:,
Mrs. Ross Irwin, of Lucknow will
have her ankle in a :walking cast
for the next six "weeks following'
a tumble at the Lucknow ski hill
on Saturday. a
used as insulation.. : ,_:_' .
Beatty, who just 'recently start-
The. outbreak was brought under . ed to ski; cracked -her right ankle
by the fall.
control the Lu. know Fire De- in. , . .
Cantata Presented.
OnGoodFriday
The Good Friday evening
Cantata , heldin the Lucknow
United Church,. was well received
by residents'of the community:__'_.
The presentation',was "No Greater
Love' , a panoramic view of
Christ'.s minand the choir
•
was trom several churches in the
arca. Mrs.. Gordon Montgomery•
directed the Cantata arid Mrs.
Russ- Cu[nliluig acted as organis'C,”
Soloists'included Mrs Lorne •
Easter Seal
Fund Hits 5803
Easter Seal Contributions have
d ly 0
:the objective for Lucknow and
District area. Total to date is .
$803, •.
Jack McDonagh„ Treasurer of;
Lucl now and District Lions •
e..
Children, said 'Monday,, 7less.
than half of the'. envelopes hate
beeri",retu ned If you have this
laid yourenvelopes , please, give
it every consideration.„. as the
objective is $1350.'"
This campaign .w,ill remain
open for the next ,two weeks:
Your support is urent .states
'Cameron MacDonald , chairman,
Sparks, Mrs.' Harvey Houston,,,. .
Rick Pritchard; Raynard .Ackert,:
Clarence Greer with Rev.. R. G.
Ilk olls.�asLnasxazor
',Members of the choir included;
Soprano :Mrs. Lorne Sparks
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19
Thre�S�tsOf
Twins Since fan.
Wi-IITECHIJRCH NEWS'
Three sets of iwin Holstein
calves have been born o'n'the
Whitechurch area farrn of Archie
Purdon since the first of January
if this year, °
'Archie has. five female 'and one
male calf. 'from the three;..sets.,
Co any farmer in the locality
better this record/ •
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Five Hendersons... In .Lucknow, School..'Band •
•
I,IVE,HENDERSONS - all from
one family, are members of the.
1Lucknow School Band . The Sen-
tinel camera caught the quintette
at the regular band practice,'on
Tuesday night of last week as they
rehearsed, Along with other band
members; for the upc
concert on April 19th
.Lucknow school batnd
by `Gordon Cayley, a
Lucknow and District
School'.
arcing ..
The
.is directed
teaoher at
Public
Picture.; :left, to right, are Jirri
•ige:18, bass; Mary Elizabeth, age
17,.'olarinet Tom, age 8, drum;
Ruth, .age 11, clarinet; John, age
15, tenor saxaphone.4 All are the
children or •Mr, and Ma.r .Jiro
Henderson of Lucknow,